Actor Allusion: In the episode "Beers and Weirs", Bill says he always watches Dallas with his mom. Bill's mom is played by Claudia Christian, whose first acting job was on Dallas.

In "Tricks and Treats," Mr. Weir wears a vampire cape, a direct allusion to his sketch as Count Floyd on SCTV.

Creative Differences: According to one interview, Seth Rogen claimed that the reason the show never took off was because the TV executives all came from wealthy upbringings and, therefore, couldn't relate to the middle-class underdog mindset of the characters.

Linda Cardellini is ironically one of the lesser known actresses from the show, playing Velma in the live-action Scooby-Doo movies and having recurring roles on ER and, more recently, Mad Men and Gravity Falls.

On the production end of things, Paul Feig's later directorial credits include episodes of The Office, Mad Men, Nurse Jackie, and major films Bridesmaids and The Heat. He had only one other directing credit prior to Freaks and Geeks, although he'd been acting for years.

Screwed by the Network: The usual sad story. Aired out of order, shuffled around the schedule, barely advertised, and so on.

Sam Weir was originally meant to be tall for his age (as Feig had been).

Had there been a second season, Paul Feig wanted to have Sam breaking with Bill and Neal to find a new group of friends, Lindsay struggling with drug addiction, Kim Kelly getting pregnant, Bill's mom marrying Coach Fredricks and Neal's parents divorcing. And Sam would have gotten tall; John Francis Daley grew almost a foot in the year after cancellation.

Feig also wanted Lindsay and Daniel to eventually end up together.

On the topic of how Sam was supposed to be tall, Daniel was supposed to be Hispanic, and Ken was supposed to have long blonde hair. Neal was supposed to be named Art Thompson, Lindsey was supposed to be 15, etc.

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